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Miranda
British satellite in Low Earth Orbit. Miranda was launched on March 9, 1974 aboard a Scout D-1 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1974-013ANORAD 7213United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Miranda
- Payload designation
- X-4
- International designator
- 1974-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7213
- GCAT identifier
- S07213
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.289
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- UKX
- Owner
- RAE
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
- Platform (bus)
- X-4
Launch
- Date
- March 9, 1974 · 02:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-013Success
- Rocket
- Scout D-1
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC5
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 709 km
- Apogee
- 917 km
- Inclination
- 97.81°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 1974
- End of operations
- November 1974
Size
- Mass
- 93 kg
- Dry mass
- 93 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.70 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6018081 (CC0).